Rockets react to loss to Utah Jazz in Game 2 of second round

TREVOR ARIZA

On Utah going on a 16-2 run in the second half after the Rockets came back:

“I just don’t think that we should even be in that situation. They came out with unbelievable energy and they played harder than we did and we can’t let that happen.”

LUC MBAH A MOUTE

On the loss:

“We made some mistakes. They did a good job, give them credit, but we made some key mistakes and they made some key baskets and got some stops.”

On what happened early in the game:

“They made adjustments. I said yesterday, I know this coach (Quinn Snyder) is always going to make adjustments. So they did, especially on the pick and roll. They were slipping a lot because they know that we switch. So that created a lot of confusion.

They were coming out and slipping. So that was opening the lane for us to drive. That adjustment was big and we kind of figured it out at the end of the first half, started being more physical and got some stops. We made a lot of key mistakes and they made some key baskets.”

CLINT CAPELA

On why it took so long to get back into the game:

“Just our rhythm, I think our rhythm, our spirit wasn’t here right away, so I think it took us too much time to get that.”

On the difference of the Jazz’s offense from Game 1:

“First of all, like on the pick and roll they were not hesitating, they had their rhythm, they got confidence on everything they were doing, whenever they were getting wide open to take the shots, they were shooting it with confidence. I felt that they were doing everything harder, they were rebounding harder, so everything was hard. I felt right away that it was going to be a good game.”

JAMES HARDEN

On the Jazz’s play against the Rocket’s defense tonight:

“They came out with some thrust in that first half and they made shots, but they were wide open shots. We came out a little too lackadaisical, we were just kind of going through the motions or what not. At the end of the second quarter, third quarter we picked it up. That’s a pretty good team down there.”

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